Teso College OBs to build Shs500m block

Soroti. Old boys of Teso College Aloet have launched the construction of a building that will house a library and computer centre for S1 and S2 students studying at school’s west wing.
Dr Godfrey Akileng, the president Teso College Alumni Association, told the Parents Teachers Association and Board of Governors at the weekend, that the structure, whose architectural plan has been granted by the Ministry of Education and Sports, will cost them Shs500 million.
He said as a matter of transparency, they are going to follow the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act in the construction of the structure which he said will accommodate about 300 students.
“We hope to finish construction in the next one year,” Mr Akileng, also the head of Makerere University Accounting Department, added.
He said they have not come in to offset the work of parents but to compliment them, adding that as soon as they accomplish the current old student’s project, they will embark on reconstructing the workshop that was vandalised during the rebel insurgency in Teso region in late 1980’s and early 1990’s.
Mr Sylvester Ocaatum, the school head teacher, said the step taken by the former students will go a long way in the history of the college.
Mr Everest Okello, the Soroti district education officer, said the works of the alumni will enter records just like the legacy of elders who established the school lives on.

Call for career guidance
Mr Stephen Besweri Akabway, an alumnus and former head teacher of the college, said the construction of the block is a dream come true. “We studied here not by choice but by merit,” he said. He appealed to his fellow old students from all disciplines to also create time to offer career guidance to their young boys.